Flippin' for frogs

Tuesday

Mar 15, 2011 at 9:27 PM

On March 7, Pritchardville Elementary School kindergarten teacher Catherine May introduced her class to a unit on the frog life cycle. “We studied the first stage in the life cycle: the eggs or frogspawn,” she said. “The children read books on frog eggs, and wrote facts in their “Flipping for Frogs” journals. As a culminating activity, we used egg whites and peppercorn to simulate what frog eggs would feel like. The children loved feeling the squishy mix!”

Then, on March 9 it was time to learn about halves.

The class first worked on the Promethean Board to divide flies up between two frogs to collaborate with their unit on the frog life cycle. Next, May decided to bring in the sense of taste to really make the lesson stick. The children beat their own dough, smeared pizza sauce on it, and then used yellow cheese and white cheese on each half of the pizzas.

“We then ate the pizzas during our snack time,” she said. “Everyone loves math that you can eat.”

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